To access the annotated bibliography tool, navigate to the Writing Center and open an existing paper or start a new one. In your paper, navigate to the Main Menu on the left side of the screen. In the Main Menu, select Research Lab Book then Create an Annotated Bibliography.

If you started your annotated bibliography from an existing paper, your references were automatically added to your annotated bibliography. To add more, select the tab that says Add References to Annotated Bibliography.

Once you pick the references that you would like to add to your annotated bibliography, select Add to Annotated Bibliography to start building it.

Select the Annotations tab to write and save your annotations.

To view formatting options for your annotated bibliography, select Choose Formatting Options for Preview and Export. You can choose to include a title page and order your references by author or date. Finally, select Export to download your annotated bibliography as a Word or PDF document.